Heathcliff Redux, Lily Tuck
Heathcliff Redux, Lily Tuck
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Heathcliff Redux
A Novella and Stories

Author: Lily Tuck

Narrator: Gabra Zackman

Unabridged: 2 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/08/2020


Synopsis

A mesmerizing new novella and stories from National Book Award winner Lily Tuck

A provocative and haunting new collection from critically acclaimed writer Lily Tuck, Heathcliff Redux, A Novella and Stories explores, with cool precision, the hidden dynamics and unspoken conflicts at the heart of human relationships.

In the novella, a married woman reads Wuthering Heights at the same time that she falls under the erotic and destructive spell of her own Heathcliff. In the stories that follow, a single photograph illuminates the intricate web of connections between friends at an Italian café; a forgotten act of violence in New York's Carl Schurz Park returns to haunt the present; and a woman is prompted by a flurry of mysterious emails to recall her time as a member of the infamous Rajneesh cult.

With keen psychological insight and delicate restraint, Heathcliff Redux, A Novella and Stories pries open the desires, doubts, and secret motives of its characters and exposes their vulnerabilities to the light. Sharp and unflinching, the novella and stories together form an exquisitely crafted collection from one of our most treasured, award-winning writers.

Contains mature themes.

About Lily Tuck

Lily Tuck is the author of several novels: The Double Life of Liliane; I Married You for Happiness; Interviewing Matisse or the Woman Who Died Standing Up; The Woman Who Walked on Water; Siam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man, nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award; The News From Paraguay, winner of the National Book Award; the short story collections The House at Belle Fontaine and Limbo, and Other Places I Have Lived; and the biography Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Claire

It’s been awhile between short story collections, and they are sometimes a mixed bag. Heathcliff Redux didn’t entirely disprove this, but on the whole, I felt this was a strong collection, and I took something out of each story. The title novella is, rightfully, the standout piece. Tuck brings Heath......more

Goodreads review by Amy

Heathcliff Redux is a prose collection made up of one novella and four shorter stories, the latest effort from experienced novelist and National Book Award for Fiction winner Lily Tuck. Somewhat fatefully, I had just finished Wuthering Heights (review here) when I popped onto NetGalley and found it......more

Goodreads review by Erin

Maybe I simply don't have my intellectual hat on, but I don't see why setting a self-conscious 'Wuthering Heights' adaptation in the American South in 1963 makes any kind of meaningful point. Was it a comment on Emily Bronte's position of relative privilege in her society? I purchased this hardback......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

I didn't love this one. I see what Tuck was trying to do—the disconnect between what is felt in the crush of passion or privilege, and what is real—but it feels like she misses the mark. Possibly because with one novella and four short stories there wasn't enough room for her to really stretch, but......more